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1、—You seem to be familiar with this city.
—I________ here for three years. It's great to be back for a visit.
A．lived
B．have lived
C．had lived
D．live
2、Two lawyers have donated $50,000 to ________ our school’s campaign “Help the Needy”, which was started by our former headmaster three years ago.
A．sponsor
B．launch
C．organize
D．plan
3、The boy _____ loudly because he _____ his way in the jungle and thought he couldn’t go back home．
A． had cried；lost B． has cried；has lost
C． cried；had lost D． cried；has lost．
4、---Oh，my God! Daring，what’s wrong with your face？
---Forget it! I am allergic to the cream recommended by my colleague，Ms．Fan，a very well preserved woman．
---Oh，no! I have to say‘________’.
A. A burden of one’s choice is not felt．
B. One man’s meat is another man’s poison．
C. Beauty，unaccompanied by virtue，is as a flower without perfume．
D. Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it．
5、By the time your habit of managing time is developed, you better decisions about how to spend your time in your future career.
A.will have made B.will be made
C.are to make D.have been making
6、 Poetry written from the perspective of the urban youth tends to _______ their anxiety over a lack of sense of belonging.
A. rebel B. refresh
C. reveal D. resign
7、--John said he would provide you with anything you needed, didn’t he?
--Yeah. It was ______ of him, but I declined his offer.
A. modest B. punctual C. instant D. considerate
8、When the news came, the boys all became so excited, ________their hats into the air．
A. to throw B. thrown C. throwing D. were throwing
9、Such behavior will _______ your reputation, so better think before you leap.
A. compromise. B. communicate. C. compensate. D. combine.
10、All the students got very excited at the news that the scientist, who was reported the Nobel Prize, was coming to their school.
A. winning B. having won C. to have won D. to win
11、The USA shows great concern _______ human rights of all other countries，which is a laughing stock，_______ the many cases of blacks being maltreated in their own country.
A. about ；of B. to；relating to
C. for；concerning D. with；including
12、---I heard your husband had left for Vienna by air．Why didn’t you go there with him？
---I_________．But I________ a fashion design competition two days away．
A. was scheduled to；will have attended
B. had been scheduled to；will be attending
C. was scheduled to have；am attending
D. had scheduled to；am attending
13、The spread of the Ebola virus in Nigeria is believed _______ by August, 2014.
A．to be controlled
B．to have been controlled
C．to control
D．to have controlled
14、— I can drive you home.
— ______, but are you sure it’s not too much trouble?
A．Take care
B．Don’t bother
C．I’m afraid not
D．That would be great
15、–— It is unwise for some people to drive and talk on a cell phone.
–— _______. It's very dangerous.
A. I couldn't agree more B. Not really
C. Good idea D. That's great
16、--What do you think of contemporary Chinese Literature about it?
--- Sorry , I have only a(n ) ____ idea about it．
A． subjective B． straightforward
C． arbitrary D． vague
17、Bob’s lectures_____a fairly wide range and I can’t sum up what he said in a few sentences.
A．considered
B．conveyed
C．command
D．covered
18、Hardly had Sabrina finished her words when Albert said ______, “Don’t be so mean,” pointing a finger of warning at her.
A. dreadfully B. guiltily
C. indirectly D. sharply
19、1 think we'd better keep to the subject, ______we'll waste our time．
A.and B.or C.but D.so
20、If we work with a strong will, we can ____any difficulty, however great it is.
A.overtake B.overpass C.overlook D.overcome
21、Fire Station No．6 in Livermore，California，houses a celebrity—a 107-year-old light bulb(灯泡)that has been on for over a million hours，earning the title of the“World’s longest continuously burning bulb”by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not!The bulb also holds the Guinness World Record．
Nobody knows why this bulb has stayed alive for so many years．Most people believe that it is due to two reasons—it has almost never been turned off and it is really well made．Its perfect seal lets no air in．keeping its carbon filament(灯丝)from burning out．
The bulb was first installed at the fire department hose cart house on L Street in 1901．In 1903 it was moved to the new Station 1 on First and McLeod，and survived the renovation(翻修)of the Firehouse in 1937．when it was off for about a week．The last time the bulb was switched off was in July l976，when it was moved to Fire Station No．6．Thousands of people watched as the electrician tried to re-attach the bulb at its new location．At first nothing happened and people thought the bulb had finally died．However，a slight touch of its switch and then，the bulb came on and has been on since．Nobody at the station dares to touch it，even to clean it．
A local reporter first discovered the bulb’s significance in 1972．He recommended his readers to go visit it if they ever went to Livermore．All of a sudden thousands of people came to Fire Station No．6 and the bulb became famous．
Needless to say，the bulb is now a big source of pride and joy for the city of Livermore．So when some folks offered to buy it，the answer from the city was“NO!”
【1】Which of the following may not be a reason for the bulb to stay alive for so long?
A．It was seldom switched off.
B．It was made of high quality．
C．Its carbon filament was special．
D．Its seal was perfect．
【2】What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A．The brief history of the bulb．
B．The problems with the bulb．
C．The main function of the bulb．
D．The location where the bulb is．
【3】We can learn from the text that the bulb _______________．
A．will eventually be owned by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not
B．is now becoming a proud symbol of the locals in livermore
C. has never been touched or cleaned in Fire Station No．6
D．wouldn’t have been discovered without the local reporter
22、When I heard the piano, I walked to Mrs. Windsor’s house and waited outside as I always did. That meant she was working with another student, and I was not supposed to bother them by ringing the bell. I stood against the wall and daydreamed what I’d rather be doing. “Almost anything”, I sighed dejectedly. I had been tutored enough to read, understand, and even write some musical compositions, but I just didn’t have a gift for it. It didn’t come to me naturally. I thought back to happier times when I was writing stories and acting them out with my friends, cutting up old clothes to make dresses that performers wear in plays, and building scenery out of old things we found. But Mrs. Windsor had offered to give me the lessons for free, so I felt my duty to try.
The door opened and Wendy Barton came out. I walked in, sat down on the piano bench and began to sort through my sheet music.
“Hello,” I heard a voice behind me say softly. I turned around to see a little girl standing behind me, eating an apple. But before I could make any response, Mrs. Windsor walked into the room in her usual urgent manner and announced,“Jennifer, this is my niece, Pasha. Pasha, this is Jennifer. Pasha will be giving you your lesson today. I’m up to my ears in something else!” she then exited to the kitchen.
Pasha set her apple down on the side table and slid beside me on the piano bench.
“What piece do you like best?”she asked.
“What do you mean?” I asked. “They’re all the same to me. I don’t know.
“You mean you don’t have a favorite?”
“No, not really.”
Pasha looked at me, rather puzzled, then opened my sheet music to the beginning page and asked me to play. I arranged my fingers on the keys and studied the notes on the page for a moment. Then I frowned and concentrated to make the notes on the page match the finger movements. I have to admit I was a rather mechanical pianist.
After about a page or two, Pasha gently put her hand on top of mine as if to calm my fingers. There was a long pause. “What are you hearing in the music?” I looked at her rather strangely and admitted I didn’t know what she meant.
“Like a story. What story is being playing out within the music?”
“I guess I’ve never thought about it before. I don’t know.”
“Here, let me try and you listen,” Pasha advised.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting her fingers dance lightly over the keys. Then, she began to play. “See, it begins here beside some kind of river. Hear the water flowing beside you?”
Her fingers rose and fell gently on the keys.“Now the princess appears and she’s picking flowers from the water’s edge.”A carefree, happy piece of music filled the air in time to Pasha’s dancing fingers. “Oh, but she slips!”The music changed. “And our princess is being carried off by the fast-flowing stream. Quickly, the princess’s horse sees her plight (困境),” Pasha continued, and races to the river’s edge where he swims out to let her catch hold of him. They make it to the bank and she hugs her faithful horse and swears she will never again wear princess skirts that weigh her down. She will only wear jeans and T-shirt from now on.” Pasha finished with a big smile and then looked at me.
“Aren’t you the girl who tells the stories?” she asked.
“I guess. I do tell a lot of stories.”
“Oh, yes! All the kids talk about them. I’ve heard about you. Well, all you have to do is learn to hear the stories in the music. That’s all there is to it.”
“I’ve never thought it that way.”
“Let’s try another one, shall we?”Pasha smiled and together we played that afternoon, finding the stories in the music and learning that sometimes it takes a friend to pull you out of the river onto dry land again.
【1】The underlined word “dejectedly” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. nervously B. desperately
C. impatiently D. unhappily
【2】Jennifer got lost in thought when she ________
A. played the piano with Pasha for the first time
B. listened to Pasha tell her story about the princess
C. remembered happier times of writing stories and acting them out
D. discovered that Mrs. Windsor’s niece would be giving the piano lesson
【3】By describing herself as a mechanical pianist, the author showed ______
A. she could remember the notes in a short time
B. she was playing the piano without thinking
C. Pasha was showing off her skills
D. it had been a long time since she played last time
【4】 Which of the following can best describe Pasha?
A. Creative B. Naughty
C. Humorous D. Brave
【5】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. Never Give up B. A Piano Lesson
C. Why I Hated Playing the Piano D. A Friend for Ever
【6】This text would be probably found in ______
A. a collection of stories about friendship and learning
B. a book of daily records about famous young musicians
C. a magazine series about the challenges of overcoming fears
D. a series of newspaper articles about musical instruments
23、We are in the midst of a battle for our attention. Our devices have affected our brains and destroyed our collective ability to concentrate. Journalist Johann Hair’s new book, Stolen Focus, has just joined the voice s complaining about the great influence of the digital age. His and other recent books reflect a public perception that our focus is under attack.
Indeed, in out new research, we found some clear concerns. We surveyed a nationally representative sample of 2,093 UK adults in 2021. Half of those surveyed felt their attention ans were shorter than they used to be, compared with a quarter who didn’t. And three quarters of participants agreed we’re living through a time when there’s non-stop competition for our attention between a variety of media channels and information outlets (渠道).
There has long been a worry about the threat to attention brought by new cultural forms, whether that’s social media or the cheap paperback sensation novels of the 19th century. Even as far back as ancient Greece, the philosopher Socrates complained that the written words created “forgetfulness in our souls”. There has always been a tendency to fear the effects that new media and technologies will have on our minds.
The reality is that we simply don’t have long-term studies that tell us whether our attention spans have actually shrunk. What we do know from our study is that people overestimate some of the problems. There’s no such thing as an average attention span. Our ability to focus varies hugely depending on the individual and the task at hand.
It’s also important not to ignore the many benefits that technology brings to our life. Much of the public surveyed recognized these, so while half thought big tech and social media were ruining young people’s attention spans, roughly another half felt that being easily distracted was more to do with people’s personalities than any negative influence that tech ho logy may or may not have. Also, half of the public believed multitasking at work and switching frequently between emails, phone calls, and other tasks can create a more efficient and satisfactory work experience.
【1】What might be the theme of the books mentioned in Paragraph 1?
A．The main focus of social media.
B．The great influence of public opinion.
C．The attention crisis in the digital age.
D．The fierce competition in the digital age.
【2】What can we know about some of the participants in the new research?
A．They were frequently disturbed by digital devices.
B．They felt it hard to acquire useful information online.
C．They had shorter attention spans than average people.
D．They felt challenged by fierce competition from others.
【3】Why does the author mention Socrates in Paragraph 3?
A．To stress new cultural forms have limitations.
B．To show worry about attention is an age-old problem.
C．To prove the important role he played in literary history
D．To explain cultural differences between the past and the present.
【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．People tend to overestimate their ability es.
B．Digital distractions might have potential benefits.
C．Technology’s benefits have been largely ignored.
D．Switching between different tasks frequently is difficult.
【5】What message does the author want to convey?
A．Digital devices can benefit our work.
B．We should say “No” to digital devices.
C．We should think highly of new cultural forms.
D．Digital distractions really affect us so much.
24、A great loss—Shirley Temple dies at 85
February 12, 2014
BY DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press
Shirley Temple Black, who died on February 10that age 85, wasn’t just a child star. She was THE child star—the sweet little girl whose shining smile helpedilluminesome of the darkest days the US has known during the Great Depression.
It’s hard today to imagine the super star Shirley was once “America’s Little Darling”. She sang and danced her way to the top of the box office in such films as Bright Eyes, Curly Top and Heidi. By 1940, she had appeared in 43 films. Temple teamed with Bill Robison in four movies, and their dance on the stairs in The Little Colonel is still a legendary film moment.
In the 1930s, her name on a movie introduction assured (保证) a packed house. She inspired dolls, dresses, dishes—even a drink (alcohol-free, of course).
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt once famously said that “as long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right.’’
Unlike so many of today’s child stars, Temple didn’t end up with her name appearing across the headlines for bad behaviors. Instead of getting her photos on front pages or struggling with drugs and alcohol, Temple went on to a second career in diplomacy (外交), including presidential appointments as ambassador to Ghana.
She surprised a lot of people who doubted her with her grace, knowledge and eagerness to serve. In fact, her career in public service (20 years) was longer than her career in movies (19). The role she valued most, however, was as wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
The world has lost a treasured Hollywood legend. But her movies will allow that little dynamic figure to continue charming audiences for a very long time.
【1】The word “illumine” in Paragraph 1 means _______.
A. shorten B. sweeten
C. strengthen D. brighten
【2】Temple, as a child movie star, can best be described as _______.
A. sweet and lively B. gentle and kind
C. smart and knowledgeable D. shy and attractive
【3】What part did she regard as the most important in her life?
A. A top movie star. B. A businesswoman.
C. Her family role. D. Her diplomacy career.
【4】Where does this passage possibly come from?
A. A biography. B. A newspaper.
C. A magazine. D. A poster.
25、After having a child, I found my regular exercise interrupted. I was not only busy: I also lacked the motivation. Solo gym sessions or some quick______following the DVD while the baby sleeps didn’t______me at all. So I decided to sign up for a hiking______in Peru, hoping that it would get me______again.
Looking over my travel arrangements before I left. I______phrases such as “3-hour hike______primitive forests” and “sliding with a rope down waterfalls”, and I started to feel a little______.
However, as we made our way through the forests and were______with amazing views of______waterfalls, this team of strangers______me to go on. Being physically active with a group motivated me to reach the______or the valley below-rather than simply lying down on the forest floor and giving up,______I might have done if I were alone.
____confirm my experience: Group exercise can really start a new attitude toward fitness. “People get a better______in a group than they do on their own,” said Allison Kimmel, a group______instructor. That’s because other people______both support and competition. “Humans are______animals and the shared experience of facing a challenge______is compelling(不可抗拒的),” said David Ezell, the CEO of fitness provider Darien Wellness.
With the______of a group, I'm slowly getting back into a______lifestyle.
【1】A. summary B. addition C. exercise D. 1ecture
【2】A. contribute to B. appeal to C. cater to D. object to
【3】A. trip B. voyage C. award D. speech
【4】A. acting B. flying C. studying D. moving
【5】A. examined B. scanned C. copied D. deleted
【6】A. across B. over C. through D. beyond
【7】A. convinced B. disappointed C. delighted D. worried
【8】A. rewarded B. crowded C. covered D. equipped
【9】A. awful B. awesome C. accessible D. still
【10】A. begged B. forced C. permitted D. inspired
【11】A. summit B. foot C. destination D. waterfall
【12】A. that B. which C. where D. when
【13】A. Victims B. Tourists C. Strangers D. Experts
【14】A. position B. workout C. income D. diet
【15】A. business B. career C. flight D. fitness
【16】A. offer B. consume C. receive D. ignore
【17】A. natural B. traditional C. practical D. social
【18】A. alone B. alike C. together D. close
【19】A. popularity B. development C. increase D. support
【20】A. wealthier B. healthier C. higher D. richer
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